Pasadena

Lily digs up a family secret after a drifter named Phillip Parker kills himself at the McAllister estate; Robert takes care of Will's little blonde problem; and Nate resorts to crime after his trust is frozen.

Henry senses a rat after Catherine feeds Lily a tidy little tale about Phillip Parker; George picks an unlikely successor to run The Sun; Robert takes drastic action to scare Nate straight; and Beth begins to explore her spiritual horizons after uncovering her new lover's Jewish roots.

Catherine takes an odd interest in Henry, who finally reveals what, and whom he's after in Pasadena; Beth pays for trying to take care of Nate; Robert is taken aback by his father's plan for The Sun; and Will's ex-mistress is set to take a fall after she irks the wrong Greeley.

Robert rehires Jayleen to do some damage after Lillian blames Catherine for Will's new gig at the Sun; Henry sees a dead woman at a dramatic McAllister dinner party that ends with him in an uncomfortable clinch; Beth meets an older Bellow fellow; Mason's hormones get him into hot water with a neighbor; and Nate is forced to beg his father for cash after awakening to a new, naked, nightmare.

Catherine fills Robert in on their mom's betrayal; Henry's meeting with Page goes down in flames; Nate gets an unlikely offer for help; a death in the Greeley home rocks Lily; and Will gets a reminder of the past from a persistent Jayleen.

Catherine's jealousy of her daughter's relationship with Henry leads her to make his life miserable; Lily learns more details about the last time Meredith Weller was seen; Jennie hopes that "partying" together will get her closer to Nate, who's haunted by an event from his past; Mason has a disappointing visit from Mona.

Nate hopes to unearth the truth about a memory from his past, much to his parents' dismay; Will chooses to believe Catherine instead of his daughter; George's promise gives Robert reason to hope about his future at the paper; Lily and Henry try to dig up some info about Meredith.

Robert destroys the evidence found in the Greeleys' yard; Catherine resorts to drugging Lily to keep her under control, suggesting she should be institutionalized, and turns Tom against Henry, who later vanishes; George and Lillian have Nate arrested when he shows up at their house stoned.

Lily decides to play the good girl to keep her mother from sending her away, and she enlists Jennie to help her find out what happened to Henry. Meanwhile, Catherine visits Nate in rehab and tells him the truth, but her guilt begins getting the best of her, so she visits a church and is comforted by a handsome priest.

Will believes Catherine's lie that she visited Glenn for counseling and asks the priest to work with them as a couple; Jennie moves in with the McAllisters after her father is kidnapped on a diplomatic mission; Tom finds clues that lead him to believe the Greeleys had a part in Henry's disappearance; and Lily comes home from a date with Charlie to find a surprise in her room.

Henry returns and tells Lily that Robert beat him up and threatened to kill him unless he left town; Jennie learns that her father was not kidnapped, her mother simply forgot that he had gone away on a business trip because she had taken too many pills; Will refuses to let Catherine get out of the counseling session; Catherine sees Lily and Henry outside the hotel.

Robert attacks Henry, but Henry is able to fight him off and escape; Lily sneaks out of class to break into the Darwell house with Henry; Catherine tries to convince Will to come home; Catherine tells Robert about the problems affecting her marriage and its possible failure.

While Lily plots to get a taped confession, Henry sets out on a quest to locate his brother's killers.